Eugenie Walker
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About me
Sometimes you just need a bit of help to you work through a problem and sometimes you need something more long term to unpick years of 'stuckness' from unhelpful relational patterns or ways of being. You may be neurodivergent struggling to fit into a neuro-normative world. The human experience is rich and varied in it's diversity and I might just be the right therapist for you.
With a free 30 minute phone consultation, we can have a chat and see if I am the right fit for you. This is the most important aspect of the work - if you don't feel comfortable with your therapist then positive change is unlikely to occur.
My counselling space is neuro-affirmative and I offer a strengths-based approach to working with autistic, ADHD and AuDHD individuals; whether you have been diagnosed in childhood, have recently been diagnosed, or maybe you are exploring the possibility you might be neurodivergent. I also have lived experience and have made sure that my therapy is a safe and trusting space where you will be understood.
I work with many of the mental health difficulties that can arise over our lifetime but my key areas of interest are working with menopause, anxiety, depression, bereavement and relationship difficulties and the intersection of these with neurodivergence.
I also work with parents who have children who are struggling to go into school due to anxiety, neurodivergence or for other health reasons. The pressure on parents from school etc can be a lot to cope with so I like to offer a supportive space for those who feel they have no place to turn or have been forced into home education.
I enjoy working with young and older adults and my therapy room is a safe space for anyone from the LGBTQIA+ community.
As a qualified integrative person-centred counsellor working in Newquay and online from any locality, I will promise to hold an empathic and non-judgmental space for you.
My therapeutic philosophy is person centred - you are the expert of your own experience and I believe that you are capable of being the master of your own change. In addition, a good therapeutic relationship is fundamental to therapy. These are the core principles that runs through all my therapy.
However, sometimes I might suggest elements of CBT or psychoeducation that might help you further. These will be offered only if you feel they could be beneficial for you.
I am very happy to work face to face, online or over the phone.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 5 Diploma in Person-centred Counselling and Therapy
- MSc Psychology (Thesis: How Adverse Childhood Experiences impact Fibroymyalgia, IBS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms and how this is mediated by Self-Silencing)
- BA (Hons) Education & Training (Dissertation: Through the lens of Attachment Theory - how the rate of school exclusions is disproportionate within the fostered and adopted children community)
- Lived Experience of Autism & ADHD
A brief outline of further training:
- ASIST Suicide Prevention Training
- Working with Shame - Carolyn Spring
- Autism, Trauma & Autistic Trauma - Autism Dialogic Approach
- Women & Girls on the Autistic Spectrum (NAS)
- Person centred approach, psychiatry and working with trauma
- Introduction to Existential Therapy
- Cognitive restructuring
- Worry Management
- Behavioural experiments
- Coping Cat (Anxiety management)
- Parent led CBT
- Exposure and Habituation (OCD & phobias)
- LI Parenting intervention (Behaviour management)
- Working with LGBTQ+ children and young people
- Tony Atwood - Developing the friendship abilities of children with autism in primary school
- Tony Atwood - Managing Anxiety in children with autism
- Tony Atwood - The cognitive profile of children with autism
I read (a lot!) and am constantly updating my knowledge through current research journals, books, magazines and podcasts around neurodivergence, trauma and attachment.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
When you make contact with me for the first time, we will arrange a free 30 min (approx) telephone conversation to see if you feel comfortable with me and my approach.
If you are happy to continue, we can then arrange our first hour long appointment together.
When I work
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Currently have availability online on Mondays and face to face on Wednesdays.
